PINK TO MAGENTA 261 



QUEEN OF THE PRAIRIE: 



Filipendula rubra. 

 Rose Family. June — July. 



A tall, smooth-stemmed, branching plant, 

 2—8 feet high, found in meadows, prairies. 

 Pennsylvania to Michigan, Iowa, Kentucky 

 and Georgia. 

 Flowers — Deep pink, fragrant, 5 divisions, borne 



in large clusters. 

 Leaves — Compound 7-9-parted, terminal leaflet 

 largest, lobed and toothed. 



